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<span class=large>MICAH</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Micah prophesies the downfall of Samaria and Jerusalem.
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The</span> word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that came to <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 26: 18.">Micah</a> the Morasthite in the days of <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/1/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 1.">Jotham</a>, <sup>c</sup><a href="micah/1/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 16: 1 (1-3).">Ahaz</a>, <i>and</i> <sup>d</sup><a href="micah/1/1d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 18: 1 (1-8).">Hezekiah</a>, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
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For, behold, the <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a> <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/1/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Dispensations.">cometh</a> forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 5: 5 (4-5); Isa. 64: 3 (1-3); D&C 49: 23.">mountains</a> shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/1/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 68: 2; Ps. 97: 5.">wax</a> before the fire, <i>and</i> as the waters <i>that are</i> poured down a steep place.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">transgression</a> of Jacob <i>is</i> all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel.  What <i>is</i> the transgression of Jacob?  <i>is it</i> not Samaria?  and what <i>are</i> the high places of Judah?  <i>are they</i> not Jerusalem?
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Therefore I will make <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 17: 5 (1-6, 24).">Samaria</a> as an heap of the field, <i>and</i> as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/1/6b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB lay bare.">discover</a> the foundations thereof.
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered <i>it</i> of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
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Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
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For her wound <i>is</i> incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, <i>even</i> to Jerusalem.
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&#182; Declare ye <i>it</i> not at <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 17: 4.">Gath</a>, weep ye not at all: in the house of <sup>b</sup><a href="micah/1/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE Dust, or Ashes. (Each of the cities named in v. 10-16 will meet a fate appropriate to the meaning of its name.).">Aphrah</a> roll thyself in the dust.
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Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto the gate of Jerusalem.
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O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she <i>is</i> the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
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Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib <i>shall be</i> a lie to the kings of Israel.
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Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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Make thee bald, and <sup>a</sup><a href="micah/1/16a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR cut off thy hair.">poll</a> thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
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